Hero of North Dallas

The other night I saved a life.  I was taking my usual midnight walk when I felt a nudge on the rear of my leg.  I looked back to see a large gray dog following me.  He had a collar, so I knew he was not a feral animal.  Since  cars drive at ridiculous speeds on the street where I was walking,  I tried to catch the dog by the collar, but he thought we were playing a game and ran away.  I saw him run behind some bushes as a car came speeding from the distance.  Since I couldn’t catch him,  I held up my hand in a universal gesture of “stop” to the car.  The two people in the car did not stop, however, and the dog ran directly out in front of them as they passed.  They swerved, and missed him by about a foot.  I knew something had to be done and quick, so I got up in the yard away from the street and started running along, hoping the dog would follow.  Sure enough, he thought we were playing and chased me.  Finally I grabbed him by the collar and did not let go until we got to my house.   I called the number listed on his tag, but only got a message telling me to put in my password to proceed.  Thwarted at that turn, I decided to play host for the evening.  I made a dog bed outside, provided water and snacks, and planned to find the owner the next day.  About midnight the doorbell rang, and my next door neighbor said that his dog was in my yard.  I had never seen his dog, but had on occasion heard him (the dog) barking.  I  told the owner that  I had found the dog on the street and had put him up until I could find the owner. I gave him no details about the near death experience.  He said that he had had the dog for several years, but that it had gotten out while he was at the hospital with his wife, who had given birth that night.  I casually gave him back the dog, and decided not to tell him about the extremely close call.  I figured that would be  my unacknowledged “baby gift.”  I felt pretty proud of myself for my heroism that evening, and only regretted that CNN and/or FOX could not have been there for interviews.

P.S.  Some of you have called me asking for autographs.  I do plan an autograph session as soon as I  locate a venue that can handle the crowds.  I will invite all my female readership between ages 25-35 (no fatties, please).  Stay tuned for further information.